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Who was john Ruskin?

Writer, Critic, and Artist.

Date and Place of Birth:

8th February 1819, London, England.

Family Background:

Son of John James Ruskin, a successful wine merchant (colleague of Domecq) and avid art lover.

Education:

Christ Church College, Oxford.

Chronology/Biography of John Ruskin:

Memorial to Ruskin on the
banks of Derwentwater
(© A Blagg)

Written Works:

• 1837: “The Poetry of Architecture.”
• 1843: “Modern Painters.”
• 1846: “Modern Painters” (Part 2).
• 1849: “The Seven Lamps of Architecture.”
• 1851: “Examples of the Architecture of Venice”. Pre-Raphaelitism. The Stones of Venice, Part 1.
• 1853: “The Stones of Venice” Part 2-3.
• 1854: “Lectures on Architecture and Painting.”
• 1856:”Modern Painters”, Parts 3-4
• 1857: “The Political Economy of Art”.
• 1859: “The Two Paths.”
• 1860: “Modern Painters” Part 5.
• 1862: “Unto the Last.”.
• 1865: “Sesame and Lilies”.
• 1866: “The Crown of the Wild Olive”. “Ethics of the Dust.”.
• 1867: “Time and Tide”.
• 1869: “The Queen of the Air”.
• 1870: “Lectures on Art”.
• 1871: “Fors Clavigera”.”Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain”.
• 1872: “The Eagle's Nest.”. “Nunera Pulveris”.
• 1874: “Val d'Arno”.
• 1875: “Deucalion”. “Mornings in Florence”.
• 1880: “Arrows of the Chace”. “Elements of English Prosody”.
• 1884: “The Art of England”.
• 1885: “On the Old Road”. “Praeterita”.

Marriage:

10th April 1848 to Euphemia Chalmers Gray

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Places of Interest:

CUMBRIA:

Brantwood. The house he lived his later years and died in. Edge of Lake Coniston.
The Ruskin Museum, Coniston.

Date and Place of Death:

20th January 1900, Coniston, Cumbria, England.

Age at Death:

81.

Site of Grave:

St. Andrew's Churchyard, Coniston, Cumbria, England. (Donald Campbell is now buried in the same Churchyard).

Further Information:

Ruskin Society of London
c/o D Forbes
351 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 7NX

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